TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-sterilizing antibacterial silver-loaded microneedles
AU - González García, Laura E.
AU - MacGregor, Melanie N.
AU - Visalakshan, Rahul Madathiparambil
AU - Ninan, Neethu
AU - Cavallaro, Alex A.
AU - Trinidad, Abigail D.
AU - Zhao, Yunpeng
AU - Hayball, A. John D.
AU - Vasilev, Krasimir
PY - 2019/1/7
Y1 - 2019/1/7
N2 - Microneedle patches have become an exciting means for transdermal delivery of various therapeutics. Herein, we report on self-sterilizing dissolving nanosilver-loaded microneedle patches created from carboxymethylcellulose capable of suppressing microbial pathogen growth at the insertion site.
AB - Microneedle patches have become an exciting means for transdermal delivery of various therapeutics. Herein, we report on self-sterilizing dissolving nanosilver-loaded microneedle patches created from carboxymethylcellulose capable of suppressing microbial pathogen growth at the insertion site.
KW - Microneedle
KW - pathogen
KW - vaccines
KW - nanosilver
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85058886599&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/DP150104212
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/NHMRC/1122825
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/NHMRC/1032738
U2 - 10.1039/c8cc06035e
DO - 10.1039/c8cc06035e
M3 - Article
C2 - 30418438
AN - SCOPUS:85058886599
SN - 1359-7345
VL - 55
SP - 171
EP - 174
JO - Chemical Communications
JF - Chemical Communications
IS - 2
ER -